Definition of Funerary

1. Adjective. Of or for or relating to a funeral. "Funerary urn"

Partainyms: Funeral
Derivative terms: Funeral

Definition of Funerary

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a funeral. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Funerary

1. pertaining to a funeral [adj] - See also: funeral

Lexicographical Neighbors of Funerary

funeral march
funeral parlor
funeral parlors
funeral parlour
funeral pyre
funeral rites
funeral sermons
funeral undertaker
funeralist
funeralists
funeralize
funeralized
funeralizes
funeralizing
funerals
funerary (current term)
funerate
funerated
funerates
funerating
funeration
funerations
funereal
funereally
funest
funfairs
funfest
funfests
funfilled

Literary usage of Funerary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Prepalatial Cemeteries at Mochlos and Gournia and the House Tombs of by Jeffrey S. Soles (1992)
"SKULL RETENTION AND funerary RITUAL In addition to indicating that the house tombs were used for primary burials, the articulated burials reported from ..."

2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1893)
"THE funerary CHAPEL OF THOTHMES 1. DISCOVERED. ... Dr. Naville considers an altar of this sort as something unique in connection with funerary chapels. ..."

3. A Musical Motley by Ernest Newman (1919)
"ON funerary AND OTHER MUSIC WITH the exception of Elgar, none of our composers, so far as I know, has produced any music, inspired by the War, ..."

4. Karanòg: The Meroitic Inscriptions of Shablûl and Karanòg by Francis Llewellyn Griffith (1911)
"... CHAPTER 1 THE INSCRIBED funerary MONUMENTS THE principal object of the present memoir is the publication and study of a group of Meroitic funerary texts ..."

5. History of Art in Phrygia, Lydia, Caria, and Lycia by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1892)
"funerary ARCHITECTURE. THE Lycians, to consider them only during the period of their independence, have left but few monuments outside of their tombs ..."

6. History of Art in Phrygia, Lydia, Caria, and Lycia by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1892)
"funerary ARCHITECTURE. THE Lycians, to consider them only during the period of their independence, have left but few ..."

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